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beverley brahic

Metro

by beverley bie brahic
This morning early I went to the Cité Universitaire for Helene Cixous's seminar, cutting through the Luxembourg Garden on my way to the...
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J.P. Smith

Reading the World

by J.P. Smith
As I get older I find that I read less and less contemporary fiction and either go to older works I’d overlooked or...
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Lisa Frankfort

Nanowrimo once more . . .

by Lisa Frankfort
It's just a wee bit embarrassing to be the San Francisco Municipal Liaison and be THIS far off the intended word count.  How...
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Linda Scott

Books can open the mind and free...

by Linda A Scott
 To read or have someone read to you is a warm bonding experience.  Much can be shared in a short period of time,...
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Susan Rich

Madeline DeFrees Celebration - Poetry and Grace...

by Susan Rich
I love looking at these photographs as they remind me what a perfect evening we all had. Since I almost never take photographs,...
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Linda Scott

The Tow of Chew (Peace)

by Linda A Scott
   Chewy was a great dog, he new who and what he was.  He was a pure shih tzu, never fixed.  As a...
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Steven Travers

Excerpt from DODGERS ESSENTIAL

by Steven Robert Travers
“THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER”   After Koufax retired in the fall of 1966, little was expected of the Dodgers, and that was...
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Edmund Jenks

Today's vote in the Senate - Slavery?

by Edmund Jenks
 The U.S. Preventive Service Task Force announced Nov. 16, 2009, that it now recommends against annual mammograms for women 40 to 49 because...
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Dale Estey

WHILE WALKING HALIFAX HARBOUR

by Dale Estey
As I walked the harbour in Halifax I came across the following. Reportedly the largest and fastest sailing craft on earth. It is impressive...
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Gina Collia-Suzuki

The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro...

by Gina Collia-Suzuki
My third book has just been released; all 612 pages of it. 'The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro: A Descriptive Catalogue' is...
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Michael Ford

From the Mail Bag

by Michael Thomas Ford
For some reason Mondays bring the most reader mail. I don't know if it's because people have more time over the weekend and...
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Eugenia Kim

Stories Change Lives

by Eugenia Kim
The North Korean capture and Clinton-assisted release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee brought a compelling human element into a conflict that...
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  • Erika Mailman
    Erika Mailman Influences: Someone once said all authors are reinventing the books they read when they were in fifth grade. For me, that's true to a large extent. I was a voracious bookworm...

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